By K S James
Professor at CSRD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Issue - Population
Date - 1st June 2018

In recent years the focus on population control has shifted to other critical issues such as demographic dividend, which not only provides greater opportunities, but also throws up several challenges.

India accounting for 17 per cent of the world’s population has significant influence on the demographic future of the world. Undoubtedly the demographic patterns in India are rapidly changing in recent years. In the past, demographic changes were viewed merely as a success of population control. However, in recent years, the attention has shifted from population control to other critical issues such as the effect of demographic changes on demographic dividend, gender equity, maternal health, human rights and so on....